Ratchet hydrant wrench



H. S. WINE.

RATCHETHYDRANT WRENCH.

APPLicATioN FILED MAR. 22, 1921.

Patented Nov. 7. 1922..

Patented Neta 3, 1922.

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Application tiled March 22, 1921. Serial No. 454,481.

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Be it known' that l, HUGH S. 1Winn, of Clarksburg, county of Harrison,and State of West Virginia, a citizen of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ratchet HydrantlVrenches, or" which the following 1s a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hydrant wrenches.

The object is to provide a simple tool adapted for use especially withhydrants.

This invention consists in the main of a handle fashioned at one end forcoupling and uncoupling hose and having a section cut away at theopposite end and made re# movable therefrom, both main and removablesection counterpart structures and adapted to be dove-tailed andmortised and tcnoned tog'ether and having orifices :formed therethroughand their inner faces counterbored and longitudinally grooved to receivea toothed wheel, having an opening through the center to receive a nutand a spring actuated ratchet plunger, fitted to and slidably mounted inthelongitudinal groove and adapted to cooperate with the toothed wheel.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is an edge view.

Figure 2 is a view at right-angles to Figure 1 with the removablesection removed.

Figure 3 is a view in perspective of the removable section.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure l, and

Figure 5 is a section through the line 5 Vof Figure 2.

il represents the handle of the wrench with its end l, fashioned toreceive and turn an ordinary hose coupling it having a hole 2, thereinto receive the usual stud on the coupling.

The opposite end of the wrench is cut transversely and longitudinallythrough the center as indicated by the line 3, in Figure 1. and thenumeral 4 indicates the removable section which is substantially acounters part of the integra-l half section 6, and the two aredove-tailed together at the inner end 7, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3and otherwise fitted throughout their lengths on their inner faces asshown in Figure 1.

Each section 4 and 6 is provided with an orifice 8, vtherethrough andtheends are counterbored or countersunk as shown at 9, to receive theratchet toothed Wheel 10, the hubs ll, of which fit and turn in theoriices 8, as a bearing, the counterbore or countersinlr 9, affordingclearance for the teeth of the wheel l0, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Fach section 4 and 6 is provided with a longitudinal groove 12, whichwhen the parte are together is approximately square or rectangular incross sect-ion and the ratchet plunger 13, is fitted to slide butexcluded from turning therein. The tail 14, of this plunger ispreferably of smaller diameter thus forming a shoulder 15, between whichand the end 16, of the groove the spring 1T, is confined. rlhis springnormally forces the ratchet plunger against the teeth of the wheel 10,confining the movement of the wheel to one direction not turning thewheel when swung in the opposite direction. l'n other words, by reasonof this construction the ratchet plunger rides over the teeth freelywhen the handle is turned one way and locks the handle to the wheel whenturned in the opposite direction after the manner of other ratchetwrenches.

The angular slot 18, through the center is of any form, but as shown inFigure 2,

hexagonal.

The sections 4 and 6 are held together by dowel pins y19, projectingfrom the inner face of one section and entering dowel holes 20, in theother section, as well as by means of the dove-tailed inner ends 7, andby screws 21, which screw into the holes 22, threaded to receive them.

In this way .l have provided a simple ratchet hydrant wrench, composedof few parts, not easy to get out of order, but easily replaced if theydo become impaired by simply unscrewing the screws 21, and separatingthe parts. The ratchet plunger, spring and toothed wheel are all shut inand housed and only the ends of the hubs 11, are exposed.

The hose coupling end forms an extension of the handle and increasedleverage for the ratchet wrench end and by its curve indicates thedirection in which the ratchet is to be turned and the ratchet wrenchend constitutes an elongation of the handle and increased leverage forthe hose coupling end, the whole presenting a neat and attractiveappearance with a general taper throughout its length as shown 1n Figurel.

I claim,

A Wrench including a handle, having one end cnt out transverselyyandlongitudinally through the center, and 'dove-tailed a't' the inner end,leaving an integral halfl sectioln;

removable counterpart half section having one beveled end Whlch litsthedove-tai-led nner end of the main section, each section havingregistering longitudinal grooves and count-ersunkv orifices, as Well asmeans for.

signature.

HUGH SCOTT WINE.

